Winners of 2023 announced!
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Showcase your business, gain visibility, and build new partnerships
At Food Tech Challengers, we are on a mission to pinpoint the most game-changing solutions that will transform the way we produce and consume food. If your company creates disruptive solutions, this is your chance to put your product or service in the spotlight.
Food Tech Challengers provides startups from all over the globe a unique opportunity to take center stage, gain global media exposure, and showcase their solutions to a distinctive panel of 30+ investors, industry leaders and experts.
To enter, startups must be innovators in one of the six tracks fostering the food tech innovation – Functional Food, Alternative Proteins, Food Waste, Personalised Nutrition, Midstream Tech and Agri Tech.
60 finalists. 1 Winner
TOP-60 companies (10 in each track) are shortlisted by a distinguished panel of industry experts from global corporations, venture capitals, ecosystem builders and media partners.
All finalists are invited to pitch live at Food Tech Congress 2023, the leading industry conference of the year. Taking place on May 31 – June 1, 2023, the event offers invaluable networking opportunities and media exposure.
One company is announced the Ultimate Winner of Food Tech Challengers 2023.
Timeline
1
Application
deadline
September 20
2
Top 60
announced
October 11
Timeline
1
Application
deadline
September 20
2
Top 60
announced
October 11
3
Top 60
pitches
May 31 – June 1, 2023 @ Food Tech Congress
4
Top 6 pitches & Winner
announced
May 31 – June 1, 2023 @ Food Tech Congress
Why join Food Tech Challengers?
Unparalleled
Networking
All finalists are granted a free ticket to Food Tech Congress 2023, taking place in Warsaw, Poland on May 31 – June 1, 2023. Over 1000 industry visionaries will gather to share disruptive ideas and network with a group of peers. This is your perfect chance to network and hold 1:1 meetings with the key players in food and agri tech.
Remarkable
Jury Members
Present your ground-breaking solution in front of a remarkable jury comprising the representatives of top notch venture capitals and corporations. This annual competition is designed to empower entrepreneurs and help them build new partnerships that will lead to future industry breakthroughs.
Brand
Exposure
Do not miss out on the opportunity to share your brand’s story with a global audience of over 1000 attendees. Food Tech Challengers also welcomes journalists from the world’s leading media companies to give your company unparalleled reach.
Winners announced!
Application to the FTC is entirely free and every finalist company (60 in total/10 per track) are granted 1 free ticket to Food Tech Congress 2023. May the odds be in your favour!
Winners of 2023
Ultimate
Challenger
Through cutting-edge sensor technology and innovative cloud solutions, PLAATO makes real-time fermentation insights available to breweries, cideries, and distilleries around the world; enabling them to take productivity, profitability, and product quality to the next level.
TOP 6 Challengers
MedBiome develops Precision Microbiome Therapeutics and Precision Microbiome Nutrition products that modulate the production of specific metabolites produced by the human gut microbiome.
Mill It is an innovative plant-based company that offers first organic vegan buttermilk, used to make organic plant-based salad dressings that are half the fat and calories of the leading brands.
Umiami creates exceptional plant-based meats and fish. To mimic the characteristic fibrous structure of meat, the company has developed a proprietary technology to texturize plant proteins.
Through cutting-edge sensor technology and innovative cloud solutions, PLAATO makes real-time fermentation insights available to breweries, cideries, and distilleries around the world; enabling them to take productivity, profitability, and product quality to the next level.
NoPalm Ingredients produces local, circular and sustainable alternatives to palm oil. It is produced by oil-producing yeast that grow-on/ferment AgriFood sidestreams.
Meet the jury
Gil Horsky
Signe Causse
Shankar Shubhang
Nigel Hughes
Henrietta Hearth
Jelena Erker
Andrew D Ive
Nikolaus Raupp
Alexander Wiegelmann
Marie Asano
Madhusudan Patel
Piotr Grabowski
Micol Chiesa
Paul Benjamin
Louise Heiberg
Brett Brohl
Kristen Rocca
Gonzalo Perez-Taiman
Florence Dusseaux
Catherine Trillo-Blanco
Dr Michael Betz
Jurgen Sonneborn
Florian Herkner
Dr Sven Janssen
Giancarlo Addario
Jordi Ràfols Fernández
Giulia Stellari
Dr Jaleh Daie
Kim Odhner
Ivaylo Simov
Kip Stringfellow
Jaroslav Trojan
Silla Scheepens
Mariliis Holm
Inbar Maymon-Pomeranchik
Beatriz Jacoste
Annina Winkler
Iris ten Have
Julia Schrameier
Kasia Gil
Matt Jensen
Peter Schmetz
Pia Laguna
Nemanja Grigic
Danny O’Brien
Alice Brown
Matthew Tebeau
Rebecca Brill
Carole Bingley
Albrecht Wolfmeyer
Peemdej Utsahajit
Bhakavadee Viseshakul
John Carrigan
Michał Piosik
Mark Daly
Zhen Guo
Kostas Valaris
Julian Klaiber
Christopher Aurand
Pawel Ciach
Nicolaus Norden
We announce new jury members every week.
Stay tuned!
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